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20 hours ago, Packer said:

Oil and all other fluids checked and are okay.

 

He said it started getting extra noisy around one month ago

 

Not easy to tell if it is just the fanbelt, or something inside. 

 

A loud whirring sound, that seems to get higher in terms of volume and pitch when you step on the gas. 

 

Broken turbo!

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It's definitely leaking coolant. I'm not sure how many KM he drove it since I last saw it.

 

The plastic reserve tank is down around one inch, and:

 

 

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Has any work been done on the vehicle?

 

Do we have any idea how long it has been leaking? 

 

Could be the water pump leaking and making the noise, but the noise may or may not be related to the leak. 

 

How tight is the belt? 

 

I would oil the tensioning pulley and see it the noise changes before I pulled the water-pump. It's been a long time since I had a water pump go out, but as I remember, once they get noisy, they do not last long. 

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Posted
2 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Has any work been done on the vehicle?

 

Do we have any idea how long it has been leaking? 

 

No, and no.

 

2 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

How tight is the belt? 

 

Tight.

 

I sprayed the belt with water for one minute whilst running with no change of sound.

 

I topped up the reserve and slowly drove it 15km to a local mechanic that is apparently reputable. Let's see. No coolant hitting the ground, just being sprayed around the engine bay in small amounts. There was no fresh spray visible after driving the 15km. Hopefully it's just a worn seal or pipe. Though if it is the mechanic won't profit off that too much, so one never knows what they're going to do or declare. 

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The list has been delivered. Standard 15 yr old Japanese saloon. 

 

New radiator <4k

One new engine mount 2.4k

Tension belt assembly 2.3k

Coolant 0.6k

Oil and filter 1.5k

 

Around 10.5k

 

Guess it sounds about right if one engine mount failed and the radiator ended up with a slight crack.

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37 minutes ago, Packer said:

The list has been delivered. Standard 15 yr old Japanese saloon. 

 

New radiator <4k

One new engine mount 2.4k

Tension belt assembly 2.3k

Coolant 0.6k

Oil and filter 1.5k

 

Around 10.5k

 

Guess it sounds about right if one engine mount failed and the radiator ended up with a slight crack.

Sounds reasonable to me. 

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